Valerio Zurlini(1926–1982)

Valerio Zurlini was born on March 19, 1926. During his law studies in Rome, he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance. Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party. He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period and in 1954 directed his first feature film, Le ragazze di San Frediano (... See full bio »

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The movie "Al di la dal fiume e tra gli alberi", English title "Across the River and into the Trees," directed by Valerio Zurlini, starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn, was scheduled to being filming April 1981, but no evidence it was ever finished or released. See more
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